Video: Why the Federal Reserve isn’t political
Donald Trump says the Fed is playing politics. But as Christine Romans explains, the Central Bank was designed specifically to be independent from the branches of government.
Italy: Liguria approves ‘anti-mosque’ laws limiting construction of religious buildings
Critics argues laws are anti-constitutional and unfairly target Muslims in Italy. By Ludovica Iaccino September 29, 2016 12:37 BST , Updated 6 hr ago The Italian region of Liguria has passed a controversial set of regulations that restrict the freedom to construct new religious buildings in its territory. The laws do not specifically limit the […]
Canada: Hamilton City Council offers support to Muslim community
City Council offers support to Muslim community Ken Mann September 28, 2016 07:44 pm, http://www.64toronto.com Hamilton’s mayor says an “attack against any one of us is an attack against us all”. Fred Eisenberger’s motion of solidarity with the city’s Muslim community has been approved unanimously by City Council. The move […]
Samsung in US ‘exploding washing machines’ probe
Source: BBC Samsung has confirmed it is in talks with US consumer watchdogs after a lawsuit against the firm over “exploding” washing machines. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned […]
Russia plans to ban ‘baby boxes’ for unwanted infants
Source: BBC Russia is moving towards banning “baby boxes” – the hatches introduced in many countries where desperate mothers can safely abandon an unwanted infant. But there has been sharp […]
Trump’s fortune drops $800m in one year
Source: BBC “Part of the beauty of me is that I’m very rich,” Donald Trump once said, but according to Forbes magazine he’s much less rich than a year ago. […]
Hoboken station crash: New Jersey train disaster ‘kills one’
Source: BBC At least one person has been killed and dozens injured, some of them critically, after a commuter train crashed into a railway station in the US state of […]
Is the FDA Too Cozy With Drug Companies?
Source: Time BY Alexandra Sifferlin A new report look at the “revolving door” between the FDA and drug companies People who work at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as […]
Google, Facebook, Amazon join forces on future of AI
Source: BBC By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter The world’s biggest technology companies are joining forces to consider the future of artificial intelligence. Amazon, Google’s DeepMind, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft will […]
One in 10 children has ‘Aids defence’
Source: BBC By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News website A 10th of children have a “monkey-like” immune system that stops them developing Aids, a study suggests. The […]
Kashmir attack: India ‘launches strikes against militants’
Source: BBC India’s army says it has carried out “surgical strikes” against suspected militants along the de-facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir. The operation was aimed at preventing attacks being […]
New York City Is Taking Aim At Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post BY Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and violence, officials said. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, […]
Video: Obama: Why I won’t say ‘Islamic terrorism’
Source: CNN By Daniella Diaz, CNN Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama has taken a lot of criticism from political opponents over his rhetoric when it comes to terrorism. But on Wednesday […]
The forbiddance of music
Source: Naya Zamana or New Age By Prof. Kamran Siddiqui, Western University Recently, a Canadian Newspaper Globe and Mail covered a story of Muslim families in a Toronto neighborhood demanding […]
How We Could End the Permanent War State
by DAVID SWANSON My remarks are related to the problem of media as a factor in the war system but not focused primarily on that. I have experienced first hand as a journalist and as an author how the corporate news media hews to a set of well-delineated lines in […]
In escalation, India says launches strikes on militants in Pakistan
Reuters International SEP 29, 2016 – Indian army’s director general of military operations Lt General Ranbir Singh speaks during a media briefing in New Delhi, India, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer (reuters_tickers) By Sanjeev Miglani and Asad Hashim NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India said on Thursday it had conducted “surgical strikes” […]
SAARC summit postponed after India-Pakistan rift
AGENCIES | Published — Thursday 29 September 2016 NO TO WAR: Pakistani activists condemn the rising tensions between Pakistan and India during a protest in Lahore on Wednesday. (AP) NEW DELHI: A key South Asian summit was postponed Wednesday after India and three other countries pulled out following a […]
Are India and Pakistan on the brink of a water war?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said earlier this week that his nation may speed the construction of new hydropower plants along three rivers that flow into Pakistan – a move that would certainly be harmful for Pakistan. By Amanda Hoover, Staff SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 Save for later Danish Ismail/Reuters View […]
India-Pakistan tensions threaten South Asia summit
18 Indian soldiers killed in recent clashes in disputed Kashmir By AFP – Sep 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES This file photo taken on November 27, 2014 shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) point a finger at Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) during the closing session of the […]
UN head — no charisma required
Sep 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer It is not an election, it is a selection. And although all the countries in the United Nations General Assembly have equal rights, some are more equal than others. Ban Ki-moon retires at the end of this year, and it is time for […]